"Silk" refers to string instruments? "Bamboo" refers to wind instruments

As a form of performance, silk and bamboo (or orchestra) have been mentioned as early as "Jin Shu. Yue Zhi" "The silk and bamboo are more harmonious" and "All these songs were originally sung, and then they were orchestrated." In many documents since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there are some records about the form of silk and bamboo band combinations and silk and bamboo music, which shows that the history of silk and bamboo music is quite long.

In traditional ethnic instrumental music, there is a distinction between silk and bamboo music and string music. The string strings are played purely by stringed instruments, and there are no bamboo wind instruments in the orchestra. However, for some pieces of music, both string ensemble and silk and bamboo ensembles can be used. Even for a certain type of music, some pieces of music are played by a string orchestra, while other pieces of music are played by a silk and bamboo orchestra.

For example, the early Guangdong music band group "Wujiatou" was a silk and bamboo band, and the later "Three Pieces" (Gaohu, Yangqin, Qinqin) was a string band. Today, Guangdong music uses both string music and silk and bamboo music. Since the two are similar in many aspects, string music is now generally classified as silk and bamboo music.

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Jiangnan silk and bamboo music generally refers to the folk silk and bamboo ensemble music in southern Jiangsu and western Zhejiang, among which the music spread mainly in Shanghai. Silk and bamboo music combines silk strings and bamboo wind instruments to play, sometimes adding a little light percussion instrument for embellishment. It is a traditional "fine music" performance form.

Commonly used Jiangnan silk and bamboo ensemble instruments include: silk-stringed erhu, sanxian, pipa, and dulcimer; bamboo-tubed flutes, flutes, and shengs; and small percussion instruments such as drums and boards. Among them, erhu, flute and flute are the main ones. Jiangnan Sizhu is folk custom music, mostly associated with folk weddings, funerals and temple fairs. Its music style is fresh and lively, delicate and elegant; its tunes are beautiful, smooth, soft and graceful. The famous traditional repertoire of Jiangnan Sizhu is the so-called "Eight Great Songs", one of which is "Zhonghua Liuban".